I can finally post!
Except, all the things i was going to post about are now totally *gone* from my brain. Silly brain.
Ummm...let's see...
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I don't know how, or why, but today the Monstrous Bebe decided that she is a fan of 'Top Chef'. There was a season one marathon on and she watched...all...day. She dragged Cat in, and then me, and we ate dinner while we watched. OMG. *She's ten. I guess i prefer this to, say, Pussycat Dolls.* She's been watching the Food Channel a lot lately. And also season one of Bones that
sweptawaybayou lent us. Now she wants to be a Forensic Anthropologist.
I say - Go go! :)
What else, what else...? If you've recently been friended, let me tell you - i don't post a lot. And you don't have to comment on every little thing i post, either. I shout to the void, it's okay if nothing comes back.
And now, just 'cause i can, three snippets. My not-Big Bang fic, and two of my Sweet Charity fics. One's an SPN fic in the Wolfpack 'verse and one's Spander. I have another Spander in the works, but not anything i want to post right now. Enjoy!
Read us the Book of the Names of the Dead
For Sam, Seattle would always be the first city where he and Dean got a hotel room all to themselves. Of course, the reason they did was because the three of them got food poisoning at a steak house in Wenatchee and by the time they'd hit Seattle they'd had to pull over four times. Sam hadn't ever puked so much in his life.
They had stopped at the first motel they saw – a Motel 6 – and Dad had got two rooms. Dad had said he was too old to be that sick and share a bathroom. The cool factor of a separate room was totally lost on Sam and Dean for the next two days while they alternated between bathroom and beds. At one point, Dean had heroically gotten dressed and staggered to the vending machines for Sprite and crackers for all of them and then had flopped down face-first on his bed and hadn't moved for the next four hours.
Savage and Jaunty, Fierce and Strong
The little dinger attached to the door goes off and Dick looks up, seeing three men walking back toward the counter. Three big men that move like cats, silent in their worn boots. The tallest one seems to be the youngest, and his cool, accessing stare makes Dick almost reach for the gun he carries. Almost. He stops himself with the merest twitch and the kid notices. His lips move, saying something to his companions and all three gazes are suddenly fastened on Dick and he feels...
Jesus, he feels like a rabbit caught in the headlights of an oncoming car. Feels like a mouse under the stoop of a hawk. He can feel sweat break out, sudden and rank, under his arms and across his back and he lifts his hands from the t-shirts he forgot he was folding and holds them up.
Doesn't breathe until those hot, hungry gazes move off him.
Speak Like Rain
*Found you.* Spike reached into a pocket and unearthed cigarettes and lighter because, quite frankly, he wanted something to do with his hands. With his mouth, too, because God alone knew what would come out of it. *Five years and I still don't have a fucking clue what to say.* Spike lit up and took a long drag – headed uphill, his boots sinking a little into the sodden earth.
The crest of the rise was drier and Spike found him in a crouch, back to the slim trunk of the tree. Bottle gleaming wetly in his hand, thin yeast smell of cheap beer.
"I guess the lion doesn't sleep tonight," Xander said, and Spike let out smoke and breath on a thin laugh.
"I won't do the 'wimoweh' part," Spike warned, and now Xander laughed.
Took a long gulp of his beer, his throat working in the cool slant of moonlight coming through the acacia leaves. "You know, that's not even the right word. About half of that song was originally in Zulu."
"The things you learn when you travel seven thousand-odd miles."
A final note. In the past six months or so, i've had a few fic nominated here and there. And it's very cool and it's very *nice*, but i forget and forgot. I meant to say 'thank you!' to whomever did the nom'ing.
Now i - and i and
reremouse - have been nom'd again at the Fang Fetish Awards, and apparently it's a vote thing. I've never done this before! Heh. Go vote! Not necessarily for us, though.
Um. If i said i'd pimp or talk about something of yours in my 'next post' and i didn't? Well, my brain is spastic and i need reminding. Remind me! And i will. OH! I have a Greatest Journal, i'm Tabaqui there as well. Friend if you like, i'm not posting over there just now.
:)
Except, all the things i was going to post about are now totally *gone* from my brain. Silly brain.
Ummm...let's see...
Go over to
I don't know how, or why, but today the Monstrous Bebe decided that she is a fan of 'Top Chef'. There was a season one marathon on and she watched...all...day. She dragged Cat in, and then me, and we ate dinner while we watched. OMG. *She's ten. I guess i prefer this to, say, Pussycat Dolls.* She's been watching the Food Channel a lot lately. And also season one of Bones that
I say - Go go! :)
What else, what else...? If you've recently been friended, let me tell you - i don't post a lot. And you don't have to comment on every little thing i post, either. I shout to the void, it's okay if nothing comes back.
And now, just 'cause i can, three snippets. My not-Big Bang fic, and two of my Sweet Charity fics. One's an SPN fic in the Wolfpack 'verse and one's Spander. I have another Spander in the works, but not anything i want to post right now. Enjoy!
Read us the Book of the Names of the Dead
For Sam, Seattle would always be the first city where he and Dean got a hotel room all to themselves. Of course, the reason they did was because the three of them got food poisoning at a steak house in Wenatchee and by the time they'd hit Seattle they'd had to pull over four times. Sam hadn't ever puked so much in his life.
They had stopped at the first motel they saw – a Motel 6 – and Dad had got two rooms. Dad had said he was too old to be that sick and share a bathroom. The cool factor of a separate room was totally lost on Sam and Dean for the next two days while they alternated between bathroom and beds. At one point, Dean had heroically gotten dressed and staggered to the vending machines for Sprite and crackers for all of them and then had flopped down face-first on his bed and hadn't moved for the next four hours.
Savage and Jaunty, Fierce and Strong
The little dinger attached to the door goes off and Dick looks up, seeing three men walking back toward the counter. Three big men that move like cats, silent in their worn boots. The tallest one seems to be the youngest, and his cool, accessing stare makes Dick almost reach for the gun he carries. Almost. He stops himself with the merest twitch and the kid notices. His lips move, saying something to his companions and all three gazes are suddenly fastened on Dick and he feels...
Jesus, he feels like a rabbit caught in the headlights of an oncoming car. Feels like a mouse under the stoop of a hawk. He can feel sweat break out, sudden and rank, under his arms and across his back and he lifts his hands from the t-shirts he forgot he was folding and holds them up.
Doesn't breathe until those hot, hungry gazes move off him.
Speak Like Rain
*Found you.* Spike reached into a pocket and unearthed cigarettes and lighter because, quite frankly, he wanted something to do with his hands. With his mouth, too, because God alone knew what would come out of it. *Five years and I still don't have a fucking clue what to say.* Spike lit up and took a long drag – headed uphill, his boots sinking a little into the sodden earth.
The crest of the rise was drier and Spike found him in a crouch, back to the slim trunk of the tree. Bottle gleaming wetly in his hand, thin yeast smell of cheap beer.
"I guess the lion doesn't sleep tonight," Xander said, and Spike let out smoke and breath on a thin laugh.
"I won't do the 'wimoweh' part," Spike warned, and now Xander laughed.
Took a long gulp of his beer, his throat working in the cool slant of moonlight coming through the acacia leaves. "You know, that's not even the right word. About half of that song was originally in Zulu."
"The things you learn when you travel seven thousand-odd miles."
A final note. In the past six months or so, i've had a few fic nominated here and there. And it's very cool and it's very *nice*, but i forget and forgot. I meant to say 'thank you!' to whomever did the nom'ing.
Now i - and i and
Um. If i said i'd pimp or talk about something of yours in my 'next post' and i didn't? Well, my brain is spastic and i need reminding. Remind me! And i will. OH! I have a Greatest Journal, i'm Tabaqui there as well. Friend if you like, i'm not posting over there just now.
:)
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Yay!
Yis, they are!
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Speak Like Rain snippet
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EEEEEE Tabaqui!
*blinks*
*hides rum*
no, not tipsy. not at all!
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Eeeeeeeeee!!
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*bounce*
You lush!
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The Wolfpack boys are...hawt.
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*ahem* *snicker* oh that's so very much a kid thing. You get this great and awesomely cool grown-up thing and usually it's not what it's cracked up to be. Or something happens that really takes the fun/joy out of it. Heh, but it is the Winchesters and *pat pat* at least nothing worse happened.
EEEE! Spander! *ahem*
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*pets them*
Ummm...Lion King? I have *no* idea what you're talking about.
Yeah, it *would* be just like the Winchester boys to have a 'first' through dire circumstances. But they still liked it.
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Thanks!
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*smooooooooch*
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"I won't do the 'wimoweh' part," Spike warned, and now Xander laughed.
A really excellent snippet.
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And thank you!
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Yes!
Spander!
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Lovely, lovely. You know I'm addicted to each one of those. *bounces*
I have to go to Lawrence for an all day meeting today. *sigh* I'll have to take these fic!snippets with me to dream about while being yammered at. Thank you.
:)
**luffs**
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Ack, meetings!! What a pain.
*pet pet pet pet*
*smooch*
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At least she doesn't want to make what she's seeing made. Mostly things seh doesn't like. She just really wants to watch. *tilts head to the side* I don't get it, but as these things go, I'm willing to flow with it.
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Plus, shiny, shiny knives. Heh.
A kid who doesn't know what commercials are! Lucky kid.
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Maybe Monstrous Bebe will grow up to be a chef, or maybe she'll grow up to be a forensic anthropologist who can cook really well! Either way, she'll be a fascinating person.
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I'd be happy if she grew up to just be a college graduate of *anything* but - i can go with the Cooking! Anthropologist!
Heh.
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I've flocked some of my SPN stuff, so you can either read them in the comms -
I've changed the links in the comms to link to other comm entries so people can get around the flock.
If you want the comm links, they're here:
http://community.livejournal.com/supernaturalfic/2067093.html#cutid1
Or i can friend you, which is *not* a problem.
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Ah well.
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Oh how I love thee for writing that, cheers hun.
*passes the chocolate*
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*smooooch*
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Thank you!
Yes, posting soon!
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Congratulations on all the nominations *G* and just to say that this is me....delurking. *knocks politely*
Can I come in?
:-) xx
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And thank you!
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Yes, please - come in!
Errr...is that a cute way of asking to be friended or are you just waving?
*is hot and a hungry*
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and alas, I am only marginally acquainted with BtVS, but still, your Spike reminded me of everything I ever liked about that show. Pretty much, I will read anything you write. I explored bits and pieces of your Hounds and Angels, and was agog. I am so glad that you are so prolific!
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Thank you!
Spike/Xander and the BtVS and AtS world is my 'first' fandom, but SPN is just so....juicy.
And wow - you braved original fic! Thank you so much. I love that world and those people, but everything there needs so much *work*, heh.
*I couldn't resist putting a variation on the H&A 'Rafe' into my one SPN fic...*
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And also: Wolfpack! Hooray! And by "hooray" I mean, "ohgodthat'shot".
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Wolfpack!
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Thanks!
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Loved the "Savage and Jaunty, Fierce and Strong" one. Great tension conveyed. Now I want to know who they are and what they want!
And I always love your Spike and Xander. :-)
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'Savage' is the Wolfpack 'verse... :)
And i'm so excited about the Spander! Can't wait!
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You've got my vote. Bear in mind I can still be bribed, however. . . .
And the snippets! You're an evol, evol thing! All three are helladamnfine, but Savage and Jaunty, Fierce and Strong--oh, you know I have a weakness for Wolf!pack fic--and the kid notices--
::sighs::
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Thank you, bay-bee!
:)
*smooooooch*
Yisss...the Wolfpack. I luff them.
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I love the wolf pack, anyway, but the way you create the menace of the predators, through the eyes of the observer, is masterful.
And Spander... well, your Spander is just really good. The off-hand comfortableness of their interaction is such a pleasure to read, even if Spike is worried it isn't there.
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Now that the 'big' spn fic is done, i can work on Spander!
:)